May 2017

Anne Brown is UNC Charlotte’s new associate vice chancellor for finance. She will assume her duties in early summer.

Brown currently serves as the associate vice president for business and administration services at Kent State University, where she is responsible for the Bursar’s Office, payroll, procurement and mail services.

UNC Charlotte’s Africana Studies Department is at the forefront of the discipline, cultivating collaborative opportunities across campus. And, it is earning accolades for its efforts – most recently, the National Council for Black Studies bestowed its Sankore Institutional Award upon the department.

Date Published: May 11, 2017
Students from the College of Arts + Architecture’s “Tactical Urbanism” class partnered with Charlotte Department of Transportation and local schools to make a difference through pedestrian safety.

Carl DuPont, assistant professor of voice, will participate in the Young Artists Program at Glimmerglass Festival this summer. Founded in 1975, Glimmerglass Festival is a highly regarded summer opera and musical theatre festival in Cooperstown, New York.

UNC Charlotte will form a Council on University Community Working Group (CCWG) to raise the visibility, coordination and impact of the considerable efforts underway to advance UNC Charlotte’s Campus Plan for Diversity, Access and Inclusion (Diversity Plan).

Date Published: May 5, 2017
With her selection as UNC Charlotte’s first-ever Ertegun Graduate Scholar, UNC Charlotte’s Eileen Jakeway is headed to England’s University of Oxford, for what she anticipates will be one of the most intellectually rich and invigorating experiences of her life.

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